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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-04-25, Page 1COMMERCIAL. AGAIN .JUMPS TWO MILLS RECREATION AND ROADS CUT Imton ,News- ecor THE NEW ERA — 97th YEAR THE HURON RECORD — $1st YEAR. No, 1.7-The Home -Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTAR10,, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1963 $4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages esidential Rate Remains At 78 Mills AVOWW%:, Building Fund Receives Boost The building campaign at Clinton Public Hospital received a healthy boost th, is Week when a cheque fa' $4,,000 Was turned Over to chairman of the finande comtnittee, Beecher Menzies, right Making the presentation on behalf ' of the donors ' the Bell Telephone Company,. is W. Haysom i GOderieh, area manager for the companY. (Netos-Reeord Photo) Pretty Majorette Dawn Grigg, Clinton, lead majorette of the Clinton Com- munity Band, adeptly shows the need for nimble fingers while twirling her baton. Shown in action at the con- cert at RCAF Clinton, Sun- day, she appears to have the baton precariously balanced on the tips of her thumbs. (News-Record Photo) 0 Local Teacher Attends, Speaks At Conferences • T.b.t CrOtainrig--7.4 IP ITUPSDAY'S blizzard was an example et. the "wonderful things" the Liberal government has promised to bring this country of ours, it would be quite safe to say that a great number of Canadians made a big mistake on April 1$ . • . However, before that state- ment is met by a deafening roar from our Conservative readers (aren't you all?) we should point out that the change in government has, ap- peared to stimulate action across the nation as we watch the eagerness with which the new men are assuming their positions . When there ail- pears to be so little difference between the men in the two major parties we could almost come to the conclusion that a change of government every five years would be a good thing as it appears to stir up much more action and interest ALTHOUGH WE would have preferred to make the acquaint- ance under different circum- stances, we found out last Thursday what most Clinton- ians have known for some time —our friendly dentist, Dr. D. B. Palmer must be one of the busiest men in town . . , We were amazed to see the way he (Continued,on Page 7) The Huron County Federa- tion of Agriculture unanimous- ly approved a resolution that will seek exemption for all trucks under six tons from the half-load limits set up on most area roads during early spring. The resolution was presented by Warren Zurbrigg, RR . 2, Clifford, past president of the Federation. He noted that small trucks licensed to carry up to six tons did not do any damage to roads. ,Zurbrigg presented the mo- tion after explaining a truck operated by a member of his family had been stopped while it was carrying a load of four cattle. He said that while the ve- hicle was stopped, an unleaded cement truck, weighing much more than his loaded truck, was allowed to go past under the present laW. Zurbrigg recommended that the approved recommendation be turned over to the resolution committee and be presented at the annual meeting of the On- tario Federation of Agriculture. Gives Hog Report Alf Warner, RR 1, Hayfield, secretary of ;the Huron Hog Producers, gave a report on the extensive scheme his group is undertaking to raise the quality Of hogs in Huron, He expounded on the plan being iniplimented for 4-H The Weather 1963, 1962 High Low High Low April 18 0 36 43 36 19 61 40 51 N 20 54 88 SO 28 21 52 8't 48 30 2 4/ 80 13 40- 23 46 29 49 29 24 45 28 a 26 kain: titich /taint ..15 ins. (Printed below is the signed statement of councillors Allan Elliot and George Wonch, giv- ing their reasons for voting against the budget approved in a recorded vote, Monday). The purpose of this statement is to make clear our policies and aims to the people of Cl- inton and to explain in part why we voted against the bud- get presented. As it is well known we have long, been advocates of indust- clubs that will see the Produc- ers give two purebred gilts to each member of a credited club. The gilts will be raised as Large Crowds Visit Offices Of Chiropractor Over 300 persons toured the recently renovated offices of Kenneth S. Wood, Doctor of Chiropractic, in Clinton, Satur- day. "We were more than thrill- ed," he stated following the open house. He reported receiving many compliments on the bright, modern interior of his office, which was recently renovated by Bell and Garrett, Clinton. Among the guests who toured the office were Elston Cardiff, Huron MP, and Hon. C. S. Mac- Naughton, minister of high- ways, Huron MPP, Tours through the various rooms and an explanation of the equipment was conducted by several Other Chiropractors in Western Ontario. Helping were: Dr. Ed. Rein- hart, Kitchener; Dr, Harry Roder, Strathroy; Dr. Lloyd Taylor, Welland', Dr,- John Whitney, Gttelph and 1)r, Roy Kitchener, The 'wives of these men also sentecl refreShrhents along with Mrs. Ken Wood and the couple's mothers, Mrs, Albert Wood, Brussel§ and Wt. Bride, Exeter, Mrs, William Rintoul, Wing= hails, a sitter of Dr. Wdod, also Assisted, as did Mrs, Stewart Beattie, Win' httni; Mrs. Val Seaforth and Mrs. Har- old Tyndall, receptionist at the lobal office, rial development and expansion as a means of lowering taxa- tion, and, at the same time pro- viding more revenue for the im- provement of the social services of our town, ' The reason for our action is chiefly the nature of the bud- get concocted by the chairman of the finance committee, coun- cillor George Rumball. This budget is unimaginative, ob- structive and retrogressive. UnimaginAive becouse of no the member's project and one will then be offered for sale and the other will be kept by the 4-H member. He said he hoped the gilts offered for sale would be bought by Huron farmers and said that it was also hoped that this five-year' plan would increase the number of grade A hogs produced in Huron. Another plan being offered by the Hog Producers is a do- nation of $10 to the first 25 farmers who purchase a pre- mium boar. The final project is for Jun- ior Farmers and is a feeding project that offers a prize of $250. Warner reported the five Junior Farmer groups in Hur- on had decided to undertake the project and will split the Money among the five clubs. (Continued on Page 11) Close to 200 people were on hand at the RCAF Clinton 44e- creation centre, Sunday, to hear the Clinton Community Concert and Marching Hand put on an- other performance. Included in the audience were about 30 residents of Huron- view who had been transported to the Station by Mdrphy't bus. The band started off on a rousing niate . With their rendi- tion Of the "Military Escort", lively march, that had most of the audience` keeping time With a bit of foot stomping Displaying their versatility; the inusidians then featured an overture entitled, "Southland", featuring many of the fatniliat old tonga associated With the allowance whatsoever being made in the way of funds, for our industrial committee. Obstructive because while' councillor Rumball explained that some money may be avail, able from the general govern-, ment allowance, subsequent fig.: ures obtained from the Town Clerk showed that all of this amount (this year swollen in requirement by the raises in sal- ary granted to all except our Chief of Police and the Coun- cil) was already spoken f or•aral in any case is barely enough. Retrogressive because it is to a large extent based on a sug- gested minimum requirement supplied by the Town Clerk and deduced largely from last year's expenses and by the fact that it was admitted by councillor Rumball that it was in the main a deficit budget which would leave us thousands of dollars (Continued on Page seven) Many Receive Promotions At RCAF Clinton In One of the largest ,lists of promotions ever recorded at RCAF Clinton, 37 men recently received higher positions. The list, as released by Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa, is as follows: Promoted to. Flight Sergeant— Sgts: W. E. Stumpf, firechiefi C: Burns, eledtronict skier- visor; M. J. Prokopetz, train- ing standards; C. E. Spears, training standards; V. A. Madge, electronics superintend- ent; J. J. R. Brochu, communi- cations supervisor. Promoted to Sergeant—Cpls. J. G. MacDonald, D. A. Hanson, G. R. Marshall, W. R. Lambie, J. C. Gaffney, G. C. Williams, G. S. Kelly, J. W. Sproul, F. H. Sutcliffe, J. M. Robertson, J. J. Rousseau, L: 3, Marshall. Promoted to Corporal—LAC's D. J. Cote, W. H. Davis, G. W. Reiss, J. C. Pelchat. Promoted to Acting Corporal —D. W. Hurst, R. R. Barr, E. Rurak, A. Lester, H. Hatten, B. Powell, J. Mosselman, R. Worth, T. Docker, J. Chapman, R. Easby, B. Beddingfield, D. Coulter, Krebs and J. Cyr. ---o Area Deaf Lads Among First At New School Two Clinton boys are am- ong the first students to at- tend the new Ontario School for the Deaf at Milton. The school opened for classes on Monday. Keith and Kenneth, 11-year- old twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hohner, RR 5, Clinton, had previously attended t h e school for the deaf at Belle- ville for three years. The Milton school is present- ly only accepting junior classes but will include all ages when buildings are completed . According to Mr. and Mrs. Hohner who took their sons to Milton, Monday, the School there is all under one roof and is the most modern for teach- ing the deaf students. southern United States. They continued to keep the audience Well entertained with a variety of numbers that rang- ed from soothing waltzes to those employing the full gusto of the Completee .range of instru- ments in the band. Several of the various sec- tiont of the band also had solo parts in many of the numbers and all were Very capably itandle-a, Give Test-Piece The band, under director George Wonch, also playod the test4Piece they Will have to per- Win later thiS year at the coin- petition the Cana.cliari Nay tional (Continued on Page TWO) . Allan Elliot George Wonch Clinton" Lions Club will be host on Tuesday, May 7 to the 13 Lions Clubs forming Zone 3S of Region 3. E. Beecher Menzies, Zone chairman will be in charge of the rally, which is being held in Clinton Legion hall in the form of a banquet, Vice-presi- dents Jack Scruton and Leslie Ball are making the banquet arrangements. At Tuesday nights meeting in St. Paul's Parish Hall, the Lions wore their new lapel name bath' ges. Councillor Don Symons was the only guest at the meeting. President Stewart Taylor th- anked the 12 Lions who had canvassed St. Andrew's Ward in the Red Cross campaign. He also announced a district crip- pled children's meeting in Clin- ton on Thursday, May 2. Lion Ken Flett continued his lucky draw streak by again winning the special draw prize. Guest Don Symons won the at- tendance prize. Program chairman Ted Day- In their second recorded vote in as many meetings, Clinton council voted 7 to 2 to keep their mill rate at the same residential rate for the third successive year, while increas- ing the commercial rate by an- other two mills as they did last year. This brings the commercial rate up to 88, exactly 10 over the residential rate. The rate was set Monday night at a special council meet- ing ,and the only dissenting votes, on the motion to accept the rates were councillors Al- lan Elliott and George Wonch. Oddly enough, the two arc members of the finance com- mittee, which never did hold a meeting to discuss the budget that was presented by council- lor George Rumball, chairman of the finance committee. The debate on the budget was held in closed session and lasted for close to three hours. Neither the press nor the public was invited to sit in on any of the discussion, although the press had been invited to attend the open session held shortly after 11:00 p.m. for a few brief minutes to pass the motion. However, councillors Wonch and Elliott submitted a signed statement to The News-Record, giving the reasons for their vote against the mill rate. They indicate they were op- posed to holding the rate to the same as last year in view of the fact several important parts of the budget had to be drastical- ly cut or eliminated. The pair were particularly critical of Cutting the grant of the Recreation Committee from a requested $2,250 to $1,100. ies provided the entertainment by showing slides and commen- tary of two holidays he took in Spain while in Europe with the RCAF. The slides were of gardens, agriculture and points of interest in Barcelona a n d Valencia. His pictures and des- cription of a bull fight proved most interesting to those of his hearers who had read a similar story in last week's Weekend Magazine. RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP John W. McDougall, a gradu- ate of CDCI, has been awarded a Canadian Research Council post - doctorate fellowship of $3,500 for 12 months overseas study. He is currently writing his thesis to complete his Ph.D. at Queen's University, Kingston. His particular field is upper atmospheric research, John is the son of Mrs. Win- ona McDougall and the late John McDougall, former bank manager at Blyth. Both represent council on the committee. In the statement, printed elsewhere in this edition, they termed the budget "unimagina- tive, obstructive and retrogres- sive". In terming the budget "un- imaginative", they point out that no money was allotted 'to the Industrial committee, of which Wonch is chairman. Noting the cut in the Recrea- tion budget and the elimination Clinton branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has one of its busiest months coming up in May. The events were discussed at Monday night's regular mon- thly meeting, The major events are: The annual spring invitation golf tournament at Oakwood Golf Course, Grand Bend, on May 5. Legion members can in- vite at least one guest. On the actual anniversary date, Wednesday, May 8, , the Legion is holding a V-E Day Banquet in the hall. Guest sp- eaker will be Gordon Wakefield, Woodstock, second vice - presi- dent of Ontario Command. All veterans in the area are invit- ed to attend. Tickets are av- ailable from all Legion mem- bers and at the hall. The Leg- ion Ladies Auxiliary will cater. On the same evening four teams of Auxiliary bowlers will be competing in a zone bowling tournament in Seaforth. On the Tuesday night previous to the V-E Day banquet the auxiliary are catering to a Lions region rally at the ti4u. ,On gaturday,, May 11, be- ginning' at 2 o'clock, Clinton Legion is host to the District Public Speaking finals. Tickets are now being sold on a golf draw to take place in May. The prizes are on dis- play in Len Heard's barber shop window. Proceeds of the draw will be used to honor the branch-spon- sored juvenile hockey team now in Ontario finals against Parry Sound. At the start of Monday's meeting vice-president K. W. Colquhoun asked for volunteers to complete the Legion's Red Cross canvass of St. James' ward that evening, Hec Kingswell of the by-laws and membership committee re- quested Legionaires to contact any war veterans in the area and invite them to consider joining the Legion. When president Harold Mc- Pherson called for any business dealing with the betterment of the Legion, past president Jim Graham spoke briefly but ser- iously. He referred to the dis- graceful incidents that are tak- ing place in the Province of Quebec recently, "The person- of funds for the industrial com- mittee, they charged in the statement that Rumball and Deputy-Reeve John Sutter ap- pear to be opposed to,, industry and recreation facilities and sports as well. Sutter is the other member of the finance committee who seconded the motion at Mon- day's meeting after both Elliott and Wonch had refused. The two councillors report (Continued on Page 7) nel of an organization as large as the Canadian Legion should definitely voice an opinion on such matters", he- said. No ac- tion was taken on his sugges- tion. Robert Hunter, B.A., guid- ance instructor at CHSS, was among 6,000 delegates at the annual conference of the Ameri- can Personnel and Guidance As- sociation held in Boston from April 8 to 11, Leading guidance officials from across the United States were on hand to deliver talks and lead in panel and group discussions. The key-note address was given by Senator Wayne Mor- ris, Oregon State, chairman of the Senate education commit- tee. Over 5,000 people were on hand at the Boston Music Hall to hear the talk. The local teacher reported he found the conference very bene- ficial and found out What other people are doing in this partic- ular field. Foreign visitors were present from Japan, India, France, Bel- gium and England as well as 20 delegates from Ontario, "It was a good chance to talk to other people about pro- blems," Hunter stated. After flying back to 'Toronto, the local guidance teacher tended the Ontario Personnel and Guidance Association Meet- ing during Easter week, He gave a one-hour topic on "Guidance P,roblen§ in biStrict High Schools". The conference was part of the Ontario Edueatibri Depart- ment annual conference, Other teachers attending the, DEA conference were Emelt Olde, R.A4 Dlok Harland and George' B.SC. Pair Critical of Council Budget Blast It As Being 'Unimaginative' Tour Chiropractor's Modern Offices A few of the over 300 persons who toured the modern offices of Kenneth S. Wood, Doctor of Chiropractic, on Saturday, are shown here learning de- tails of some of the equipment from their host, standing on the right. At the left are Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gaiser and their grandson, Ricky, Crediton; Mrs. Ross McEwan and Mrs. Ken Pickett, Clinton. In the back are Dr. John Whit- ney, Guelph and Dr. Roy Riddell, Kitchener, who,also conducted tours for their fellow Chiropractor. (News-Record Photo) F of A Backs Motion to Alter Laws For Small Trucks on Area Roads Huronview Residents Among Crowd To Hear Area Band in Performance ons. See films of Bull Fights, Plan for Regional Conference Here Local Legion Faces Busy Schedule, Urged to Give Voice to Que. Incidents